Latch handle



March 24, 1931 J. F. BENTLEY 1,797,282

LATCH HANDLE Filed Aug. 12, 1929 I Z22; O /7 Patented Mar. 24, 1931 JOHNF. BENTLEY, or nn'rnornmrcnrem I LATCH HANDLE Application filed August12, 1929. SeIiaI'No. 385,401.

This invention relates to handles and more particularly to a handle foruse in connection with the faucet shown and describedin my co-pendingapplication, Serial Number 5 299,748,.filed August 12, 1928.

The main object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficienthandle which may be manipulated to impart both rotary and verticalreciprocating movement to the proper elements of the faucet.

Another object is to provide ahandle embodying a locking element orlatch whereby the handle may be locked in an adjusted position.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth andclaimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of a faucet upon which my improved handleis mounted, the said handle being also partially shown in section.

Figure-2 is a plan view of the handle alone.

.Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional detail view of the handle showing thesame in the depressed position.

Referring now more particularly to the the drawingthe referencecharacter A denotes the faucet which embodies a handle cap 13 to berotated and a nozzle 8 to be raised and lowered in the operation of thefaucet as fully set forth in the aforementioned co-pending application.An ear 16 is extended'from the handle cap 13 and the ear is providedwith a notch 20 in its for? ward edge as shown.

The handle B is provided with a recess 17 adapted to loosely receive theear 16 and the handle is fulcrumed on this ear by a suitable pin 19passed through the handle and the ear. A latch 22 is slidably mounted inthe extension 17a of the recess 17 and this latch has an angularlyformed and serrated nose 21 adapted to further enter the said notch 20when the latch 22 is moved toward the ear 16. An expansion coil spring23 within the recess 17a underneath the latch 22 and braced between themargin 24 of the recess and the depending lip 25 of the latch normallypartly retracts the said latch from the notchr20. A thumb-piece 26. ismounted upon the shank 27 of the latch 22 which shank projects upwardlythrough a slot 28 in a removable plate 28a mounted over the recess 17a,means being thus afforded for moving the said latch into furtherengagement with the notch 20 in the ear 16. It will be noted that thethumb piece 26 has an extended nose 26a which covers the slot 28 toexclude dust or water or other foreign matter from the working mechanismof the handle. The rear end of the handle B has the spaced ears 29between which is .pivotally pinned at 30 the upper end of the nozzleelevator rod 31, the lower end of which elevator rod is bent forwardlyand terminates in a ring 32 which embraces the nozzle 8 and is securedthereto by setscrews 33 at some distance below the lowermostportion ofthe faucet A. i It will be. readily apparent that the handle cap 13 maybe rotated by simply turning the handle B and further that the nozzle 8may be raised by depressing the forward end of the said handle. When thehandle is thus depressed the nose 21. of the latch 22 may be moved intoengagement with the notch 20 and serves to hold the handle in thedepressed position. V

While I have herewith set forth a certain preferred embodiment of myinvention itis understood thatI may varyfrom the same in minorstructural details, so as best to construct a practical device, withinthe scopeof 1 c the appended claims.

I claim: c

1. In a device of the kind described, in combination with a faucetembodying a rotatable handle cap and an ear extended therefrom having anotch, a valve operating handle fulcrumed on the said ear, and a springretractible latch slidably mounted in the said i handle to releasablyengage the said notch in the ear. I 2. In a device of the kinddescribed, in

combination with a faucet'embodying a 1'0- tatable handle cap and anea rextended therefrom the said ear having a notch, avalve op-.

erating handle having a recess to receive the said ear, the said handlebeing fulcrumed on the said ear, a latch slidably mounted in the saidhandle, a serrated nose upon the said latch for movement by the latchinto engagement With said notch in the ear when the handle is in oneposition and a spring in the said handle operatively engaging the saidlatch to urge the same outward from the ear.

3. Ina device oithekind described, in combination With a faucetembodying a handle cap, an ear extended from the cap having a handlefulcrumed on the eaf, a latch slidably mounted in the handle andadapted. tore-.1.

leasably engage the said notch in the ear, and

a nozzle elevator rod secured w thesaid noz-:

zle and pivotally. attached tothesaid handle. 11 t im ny h o I afi xi vnatu e- JOHN g NTLEti

